In keeping with its commitment to make the 2008 Democratic National Convention the most accessible and technologically-savvy event of its kind, the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced today that Comcast Corporation will produce simultaneous, online streaming coverage of the Convention in Spanish at DemConvention.com and make available a broad range of Convention content through its signature On Demand service.

...From the Comcast Media Center, based in the Denver metro area, Comcast will provide live, gavel-to-gavel Spanish-language interpretation of all Convention activities from the Pepsi Center to be streamed online at DemConvention.com from August 25-28. This marks the first time a national political Convention has been completely simulcast in Spanish and made available to a worldwide audience.

Spanish is the primary language of 35 million Americans. World-wide, there are more than 300 million people who speak Spanish.

question I asked the other day (I am a foreigner, so this is a legit question) -- if the nominee has already been chosen, why is the Democratic Party spending jillions of dollars on a convention to choose their standard bearer?

I know -- tradition, it's always been done this way, way for folks to get together, etc. .... BUT -- does it make financial sense?

The networking that goes on builds the Party. Each state gets together and does their thing. There are all kinds of meetings. At the last convention I remember thousands of people running into the hall to hear Wes Clark's electrifying speech. "Who is this guy?" was the most common expression. I saw some incredible speeches. My favorite part was talking to hundreds of people who just volunteered their time and efforts because they felt it was their responsibility as hosts of their town. Everyone was into the whole being part of Democracy thing.